White people have to stop calling out autism in public
Summary
A rider challenges Kareem on white people's tendency to publicly call out autism, sparking a hilarious cultural comparison about how different communities handle neurodivergence. The conversation shifts fast. They land on how Black and Latin families just let people be: "That's Jose and he likes to sweep." White people, meanwhile, give elaborate warnings before someone shows up. The rider argues that turning autism into casual social commentary has gotten out of hand, especially when people self-diagnose with "a little flare" and make it competitive. Instead of labels, why not just say someone's favorite color is red and that's all they wear? By the end, minds are changed. Kareem can't remember his original stance, but the rider flips from disagreeing to fully agreeing with his own take.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? White people have to stop calling out autism like in public. 100% disagree. Then you don't have enough white friends. I have a lot. I actually have too many white friends. Everyone in my life is white and they go, "That guy's autistic." I go, "I agree."
Exactly. No. No. But we don't do that in like other cultures. What cultures do we not do that in? Latin culture? We just go, "That's Jose and he likes to sweep." Like you just let that guy rock. Raul's just good at numbers. Arabs just go, "He's exactly." Yeah. He's— But no one says it. I think saying it is crazy cuz like when you were a kid and you saw someone with a disability or an ailment and then let's say you looked at them and your parents were like don't do that. You're like, "Oh, learned my lesson." And then now it's like we've reverted back and people are like, "Yo, yo, that one." You're like, "Yo, what do we do?" I also do think that white people specifically have decided if you're like, if you've got like a little flare to you, you're autistic, cuz there's people who have it and then there's people who are like, "I think I have it," and that's crazier.
I mean, there is a spectrum, but if you have it a little and you go up to a guy who really has it and you're like, "Yo, I think I have it," now that guy's got to be like me more, right? Like, bro, like, you're making this competitive. You know, the way that we're talking about it right now, we could just say he has it. But why not just be like, "Yo, that guy's favorite color is red and that's all he wears," and I go, "Oh, I get it now. I get it now."
So you just want to be like, "Let's be descriptive." Yeah. Without having to necessarily put a label on it.
What cultures do you think uh do the best with kind of pointing it out without pointing it out? I think black people.
Oh, they're the best. Yeah. Just like, "Yo, my cousin's coming." You don't go, "Yo, my cousin's coming. Yo, he's a little weird. He's going to look at the ground." Like, white people will give you the run now. They give you a warning.
Yeah. Black people just like, "Bro, he coming. Take it or leave it." He's just like, "He'll be there." And then he pulls up. He stands in the corner dangerously and everyone's like, "Yo, is he good?" I'm like, "Yeah, bro. He just got some on his mind." You know, he's hanging out, bro. He's like everybody else. Like you don't got to tell people's ailments to them in public. I think that's crazy.
All right, I've changed my mind. Dang. Have I? Have you?
I don't remember. I mean, you tell me now. I don't remember what.
Well, you did. You did say disagree. Okay, now I agree. 100% agree.
Hey, you did it!